Dayton was laid out to have angled parking spots for horse and buggy traffic around each building location. Later on these spots were converted to lanes for traffic. This is why, unlike most cities, Dayton has 5 or 6 lanes for traffic through the downtown area.

There are still a lot of wires, for Dayton's electric trolley buses.

Below is the same view from August of 2008.

Well, rather the ice boy. Hope he has something keeping that block from falling off the back.

might be on one of the last earthbound contraptions produced by the Wright Cycle Company, a mere one mile west on 3rd Street at the time.

I've been to many concerts in that columned building. Cool.

is still there but not much else is the same.